August 7, 2012
NSCAA MEN'S PRE-SEASON RANKINGS
UConn ranked 4th, BC 14, Brown 22nd

KANSAS CITY, Kan. Reigning Division I men's national champion North Carolina sit in the top spot of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America NCAA Division I Men's College Preseason Rankings, after finishing 21-2-3 overall in 2011.

Both UCLA and Creighton (Neb.) move up a spot from the 2011 postseason poll to No. 2 and 3, respectively. Rounding out the preseason Top 5 are Connecticut and South Florida.

UConn, which finished last season ranked fifth, moved up a spot to fourth.Boston College also moved up a spot, while Brown dropped to 22.

The first ranking of the 2012 men's regular season will be released August 28.



2012 NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division I Men's Rankings
Rank School Postseason 2011 Ranking 2011 Record
1 North Carolina (1) 21-2-3
2 UCLA (3) 18-4-2
3 Creighton (4) 21-2-1
4 Connecticut (5) 19-3-3
5 South Florida (6) 13-4-4
6 New Mexico (8) 18-0-4
7 Louisville (7) 14-7-2
8 Charlotte (2) 16-5-4
9 Maryland (9) 14-4-3
10 Akron (11) 15-4-4
11 UC Santa Barbara (12) 15-7-1
12 Indiana (10) 13-4-5
13 UC Irvine (13) 16-6-1
14 Boston College (15) 14-6-1
15 St. John's (18) 14-7-2
16 SMU (19) 13-7-1
17 Costal Carolina (16) 18-4-0
18 Saint Mary's (Calif.) (14) 11-7-5
19 James Madison (20) 13-5-2
20 Northwestern (22) 11-5-5
21 UAB (21) 13-5-3
22 Brown (17) 12-5-3
23 Old Dominion (24) 12-6-2
24 Furman (RV) 14-4-4
25 Bradley (25) 15-6-2
Receiving votes: Virginia, Rutgers, Duke, Wake Forest, California, Monmouth, West Virginia, Central Florida, William & Mary, Xavier, Cal State, Bakersfield, Northern Illinois, South Carolina.